Paper box



(No Model.)

0. M. ARTHUR.

PAPER BOX.

Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

called the top.

- tacks, screws, &c.

Darren STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

CHARLES M. ARTHUR, OF MOB-BISTOVN, NEW YORK.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,897, dated November11, 1884.

Application filed September 1, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. ARTHUR, of Morristown, in the county ofSt. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement inPaper Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure l, a perspective view of the box set up and closed, Fig. 2, theflat blank; Figs. 3, 4, and 6, perspective views illustrating the methodof setting up the box; Fig. 5, a vertical central section looking towardthe back of the box; Fig. 7, the box collapsed.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of paper boxeswhich are made from a single piece of paper out in such shape that itmay, when not full, lie in a flat or 001- lapsed condition forconvenience of transportation or storage, commonly called folding boxes,and particularly to that class which are adapted to packing smallarticles, like These boxes are usually made with one end constructed totuck within the box, to close and secure that end which is If there beno protection or pocket formed for the tongue, then it is difficult tointroduce the tongue, owing to the obstruction which the contents of thebox offer. Various constructions have been made to form the pocket uponthe side of the box opposite to that to which the closing end isattached, and so that the tuck on that end will pass be tween the outerthickness and the lining, which, with the outer thickness, forms thepocket.

The object of my invention is to form the pocket for the tuck as well asto strengthen the bottom of the box; and it consists in the blank, cutas hereinafter described, and the box forined therefrom, as particularlyrecited in the claims. The blank is shown in Fig. 2. It is cut frompaper of suitable thickness and quality, and the size of the blankaccording to the size of the box to be produced. The

parts of the blank as seen in Fig. 2 may be represented as A, the back;B, the front; 0, one side, and D the opposite side. These are cut in acontinuous line, the oneside or front, B, provided with a flap, E,which, when the four sides are turned into box shape, is pasted againstthe opposite'side, O, in the usual manner, and whereby the body of thebox is secured. From the back A an extension is'made to form the top F,which terminates in atuckflap, G. The two sides 0 D are each providedwith an extension or flap, H H. These are also of usual and commonconstructionthat is to say, the four sides of the box, with the flap E,the top and its tuck G, and the two flaps H H, are common to boxes ofthis class. The back A has an extension from its lower end to form thebottom a, and from this is a further extension, b, to formapasting-fiap. From the edge of the bottom a, and at right angles withthe body parts of the box, is an extension, d, which corresponds inextent and size to the side D, and from this side D, parallel with it,is an extension, 0, to form the lining for the front of the box. Thisfront e is provided with a flap, f, at its extreme or that which is tobe the upper end. From the ,side 0 is a downward extension, 9,corresponding substantially to the size of the bottom a. The blank iscut on the solid lines, broken lines denoting the scores. Diagonallyfrom the intersection of the lining c and the bottom a a score, 71, isrun across the sidelining, d, at an angle of about forty-five degrees.This completes the blank. In this condition it may be placed in themarket.

To form the box the linings e d are turned up, as seen in Fig. 3, atright angles to the bottom a, and the flap b on the bottom a is pastedto the lining, as seen in Fig. 3; then the linings are turned intoposition to bring the lining 6 parallel with the side A, as seen in Fig.4:; then the part B is brought overthe lining e and the part 0 turned upto close its side of the box, and C and B united by bending the flap Earound and pasting it to the side 0, and as seen in Fig. 6. The lining ddoubles the side D, and the lining 0 doubles the front of the box andforms a pocket, into which the tuck G may be introduced. To close thebox the flaps H H are first turned in, then theflap f over those, andfinally the top F turned down and the tuck G introduced into the pocketformed by the lining and the front, as

seen in Fig. 1,-to completely close the box. \Vhen the two flaps E f arerespectively pasted, the diagonal score it permits the box to becollapsed, and this is done by turning the bottOIll outward, as seen inFig. 7, the side (I doubling on the score h, as indicated in brokenlinesin that figure, the four sides of the box collapsing in the usual mannerfor this class of boxes.

I elain1 1. The herein'described blank for paper boxes, consisting ofthe back A, front B, two sides, 0 D, and the flap E, in a continuousline, the two sides 0 D constructed with the flaps H H, the back Aprovided with the extension F G, to form the top and tuck, and anextension from the back at its lower end to form the bottom a, and fromthis bottom an extension parallel with ,the sides to form the sidelining, (I, and front lining, e, the bottom provided with a flap, b, andthe front lining, c, with a flap, f, and the side 0 with an extension,G, from its lower end, the said blank out and scored for folding,substantially as described.

2. The herein-described paper box, consist 1 ing of the back A, front13, two sides, 0 D, and flap E, in a continuous line, the said flap Epasted to the opposite edge to secure the body of the box, the backhaving an extension at its upper end to form the top F and tuck G, thetwo sides 0 D each having a flap, H, extending from their upper ends,the back having an extension therefrom at its lower end to form thebottom a and flap b, the bottom also having an extension at right anglesthereto to form the lining (Z for one side and e for the front,thelining 6 having a flap, f, at the upper end, the side 0 of the boxalso having an extension, 9. at its lower end, the flap b of the bottompasted to the lower end of the front lining, e, the said extension 9lying inside the bottom a, and the side d constructed with the diagonalscore 71, whereby the box may be collapsed, the box made complete from asingle blank, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. ARTHUR.

\Vitnesscs:

ALBERT Pnoc'ron, Rom. L. DowNEY.

